Curculigo latifolia Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Hypoxidaceae > Curculigo

Characteristics

Hairy herb. Leaves long-petiolate, elliptic to broadly elliptic, 30-100 cm long and 5-10 cm wide, glabrous or nearly so. Inflorescences ovoid to cylindrical, compact, 2-6 cm long and wide, sessile or peduncle to 4(-10) cm long, glabrescent; bracts green, glabrous or ciliate at margins, 1-6 cm long. Flowers subsessile, yellow, villous. Perigone-tube 8-40 mm long; lobes 8-12 mm long. Fruits 10-25 mm long, beaked, white to green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.8
Root system creeping-root fibrous-root rhizome
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use fiber food material medicinal
Edible fruits saps seeds
Therapeutic use Eye pain (leaf), Menorrhagia (root), Anodyne (unspecified), Centipede (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Menorrhagia (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Sweetener (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Delirium (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Productivity -

Distribution

Curculigo latifolia world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64157-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764789
COL ID 32G5Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448360
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Synonyms

Molineria latifolia Curculigo glabrescens Curculigo latifolia Molineria longiflora Molineria plicata Curculigo agusanensis Curculigo borneensis Curculigo brevipedunculata Curculigo villosa Curculigo weberi Curculigo senporeiensis Curculigo latifolia var. glabrescens Molineria latifolia var. latifolia Aurota latifolia Molineria villosa

Lower taxons

Curculigo latifolia var. megacarpa Curculigo latifolia var. latifolia